If you see a big increase in the traffic to your Internet site and in case after you check the visitor statistics it turns out that it comes from locations across the world or from other servers, your website is most likely being attacked by an automatic bot. Such programs go through random sites seeking to log in to their administration area by using a brute-force attack or to leave spam comments below any sort of article where this sort of an option is made available. Unfortunately, this is something rather popular in recent times, but if you know the IP addresses from which the attacks come, you'll be able to block them, so the bots shall not be able to access your Internet site in any way. Needless to say, you'll be able to block IPs even if you allow only people from specific countries to access your website.

IP Blocking in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account with our company and you would like to block one or a number of IP addresses, you may use the IP Blocking tool, which is included in our in-house built Hepsia CP. Through a really simple interface, you'll be able to restrict any IP from accessing your content even if you have never had a web hosting account before. All it requires to perform that is to log within to your CP, to check out the IP Blocking section, to select a specific domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to type in the IP address. You'll not have to do anything complex if you would like to block an entire network - you'll simply have to omit the last octet, so entering 1.1.1. with a blank space after the last dot shall block the entire range from 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255. All blocked IPs will be listed in the same section, so you will be able to remove any of them from the blacklist with just a mouse click.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host your websites within a semi-dedicated server account with us and you would like to block one or a number of IP addresses sooner or later, you may benefit from the easy-to-use blocking tool, that we have provided with our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP. With just a few clicks, you'll be able to block specific IPs or entire ranges, if required. All you shall have to do is select any of your domains or subdomains from a drop-down menu, decide if the blocking must be valid for the root folder or for a subfolder which is part of the Internet site, and then input the IP address that you want to block. For an IP range, you just need to omit the last octet or the last two octets of the address based on the size of the network which you want to block. All of the addresses that you have restricted shall be listed inside the very same section and if you wish to whitelist any one of them, you shall be able to do it with just a mouse click at any time.